https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Dozens of migrants escaped from quarantine in Sicily on Monday, just a day after nearly 200 others fled a separate holding facility as Italy prepared a navy ship to house arriving migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20200728/dozens-of-migrants-flee-second-quarantine-centre-in-sicily Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:02:53 +0200 dozens-of-migrants-flee-second-quarantine-centre-in-sicily Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday called for all Tunisians who are in his country illegally to be repatriated and for illicit migration to be "blocked", during a visit to Tunis. https://www.thelocal.it/20180928/matteo-salvini-tunisia-migrants-repatriate Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:43:03 +0200 matteo-salvini-tunisia-migrants-repatriate Italian police broke up a gang including suspects with jihadist sympathies who charged migrants thousands of euros to rush them in speedboats across the Mediterranean from Tunisia, officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180410/italy-tunisia-human-trafficking-ring Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:12:37 +0200 italy-tunisia-human-trafficking-ring There is no evidence of Isis militants arriving in Italy en masse, Italian police assured on Wednesday, after a report that Interpol had warned of 50 suspected terrorists crossing from Tunisia to Sicily by boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20180131/isis-fighters-boat-sicily-italy Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:53:37 +0100 isis-fighters-boat-sicily-italy The influx of Tunisian migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Italy is back under control after a spike in numbers at the end of summer, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171125/tunisian-migrant-influx-back-under-control-italy-pm Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:41:45 +0100 tunisian-migrant-influx-back-under-control-italy-pm At least eight people are feared to have died after a Tunisian warship collided with a migrant boat heading towards Italy on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/at-least-eight-feared-dead-after-tunisian-ship-collides-with-migrant-boat Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:04:14 +0200 at-least-eight-feared-dead-after-tunisian-ship-collides-with-migrant-boat Italy's foreign minister pledged on Thursday to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia to combat illegal migration and "terrorism", a month after a Tunisian failed asylum seeker allegedly killed 12 people in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.it/20170119/italy-will-reinforce-ties-with-tunisia-after-berlin-attack Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:25:20 +0100 italy-will-reinforce-ties-with-tunisia-after-berlin-attack Italian producers have attacked an EU decision to remove customs duty on Tunisian olive oil, saying it threatens their livelihood and risks flooding Europe with fake oils. https://www.thelocal.it/20160310/tunisian-olive-oil-ruling-pits-italian-producers-against-eu Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:42:24 +0100 tunisian-olive-oil-ruling-pits-italian-producers-against-eu An Italian court on Wednesday rejected Tunisia's extradition request for a Moroccan arrested on suspicion of involvement in a deadly museum attack because he risks the death penalty. https://www.thelocal.it/20151028/italy-blocks-extradition-of-tunisia-museum-attack-suspect Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:43:03 +0100 italy-blocks-extradition-of-tunisia-museum-attack-suspect Tunisian coast guards recovered the decomposed bodies of five migrants who apparently drowned at sea as they sought to reach Italy from conflict-hit Libya, an official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150707/tunisia-recovers-bodies-of-italy-bound-migrants Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:16:02 +0200 tunisia-recovers-bodies-of-italy-bound-migrants Italy's interior minister said on Thursday that the arrest of a Moroccan illegal immigrant wanted for the Tunis museum attack had been a police success, rebuffing claims it had exposed gaping holes in the country's security net. https://www.thelocal.it/20150521/boat-migrant-arrest-a-success-not-a-blunder-italian-minister Thu, 21 May 2015 16:35:52 +0200 boat-migrant-arrest-a-success-not-a-blunder-italian-minister Italy said on Wednesday it had arrested a Moroccan illegal immigrant suspected of involvement in a deadly attack on a Tunis museum, fuelling a row over the threat of jihadists arriving in Europe by boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20150521/boat-migrant-arrest-over-tunisia-attack-sparks-italy-row Thu, 21 May 2015 10:33:25 +0200 boat-migrant-arrest-over-tunisia-attack-sparks-italy-row Tunisia's coastguard and navy on Monday rescued almost 180 African migrants from two boats which broke down as they headed from Libya to Italy, the Red Crescent and an AFP correspondent said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150414/italy-bound-migrants-rescued-as-boat-sinks Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:50:29 +0200 italy-bound-migrants-rescued-as-boat-sinks Italy's national flag will hang at half mast across the country on Monday, to mark the funerals of four Italians killed last week in a terrorist attack at Tunisia's Bardo Museum. https://www.thelocal.it/20150323/flags-at-half-mast-for-tunis-victims-funerals Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:20:19 +0100 flags-at-half-mast-for-tunis-victims-funerals Italy said on Thursday it would increase its military presence in the central Mediterranean, describing a deadly attack on a museum in Tunis as fresh evidence of a growing threat from extremist groups. https://www.thelocal.it/20150319/italy-beefs-up-air-naval-presence-in-central-med Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:02:30 +0100 italy-beefs-up-air-naval-presence-in-central-med Isis on Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack at Tunisia's Bardo Museum which left 23 people dead including at least two Italians, with the extremist group hailing the deadly shooting as a "blessed invasion". https://www.thelocal.it/20150319/three-italians-killed-in-tunisia-attack-report Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:00:14 +0100 three-italians-killed-in-tunisia-attack-report Libya's neighbour Tunisia and its former colonial power Italy issued a joint call on Wednesday for reconciliation among militias leading to a political settlement in the conflict-riven country. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/put-libya-at-top-of-global-agenda-fm Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:15:00 +0100 put-libya-at-top-of-global-agenda-fm